as in optimistically
in a positive or optimistic manner
They waited hopefully for the doctor to update them on their friend's condition. When the sun appeared, we asked hopefully if everyone remembered to bring sunblock.
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Recent Examples of hopefully
During the final week of school in May, students in the San Dieguito Union High School District turned in their Chromebooks for the summer, hopefully swapping their screens for sunshine, beach days and relaxation.
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
The ultimate goal is to stabilize the properties and position them for a better future, hopefully with new commercial tenants, though demolition or sale to developers interested in converting them for residential uses isn’t out of the question.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 June 2026
If the show still has some of those deep investigations then bringing in creators to do — hopefully well-done and polished — softer pieces could be OK.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
That would hopefully improve the flow of crude, lower oil’s price and remove some of the upward pressure on inflation that’s hurting the world.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
The ultimate goal is to stabilize the properties and position them for a better future, hopefully with new commercial tenants, though demolition or sale to developers interested in converting them for residential uses isn’t out of the question.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 June 2026
If the show still has some of those deep investigations then bringing in creators to do — hopefully well-done and polished — softer pieces could be OK.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
That would hopefully improve the flow of crude, lower oil’s price and remove some of the upward pressure on inflation that’s hurting the world.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hopefully
Adverb
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Vendors talk, perhaps a touch optimistically, of underwriting that once took three days arriving in three minutes.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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But the county found the Rays’ proposal leaned too optimistically on a sales tax known as the Community Investment Tax, which most commissioners said in 2024 would not go to a new stadium.—
Nicolas Villamil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 May 2026
Adverb
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Regardless of the extent of Rose’s presence, fans are hoping for her and Peter to get a happy ending the way George Clooney’s ER return for Julianna Margulies’ final episode gave their characters Doug and Carol a happily ever after.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
12 June 2026
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One thing that has shifted since Sendak’s heyday, however, is our baseline of assumptions about how much kids are reading, or how well or how happily, or to what extent the culture that surrounds them is fundamentally hostile to reading.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
Adverb
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Golden retrievers remained cheerfully oblivious as usual.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
12 June 2026
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Among other curiosities were Matthew Howard and Joseph Pereira cheerfully pulverizing Philip Glass’ Fantasy Concerto for Two Timpanists and Orchestra, as well as Boris Allakhverdyan suavely ghosting jazz legend Artie Shaw in his Clarinet Concerto.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
Adverb
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Choose practical steps that strengthen stability now, then relax confidently.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2026
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In the latter category is the childhood home of Mary (Renate Reinsve), a psychiatrist who confidently expounds her therapeutic philosophy in her sessions with clients and on late-night TV commercials promoting her self-help audio cassette tapes.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2026
Adverb
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This is a story of a community that lived joyfully and out loud, dancing to Spanish verse set to Afro-Caribbean rhythms.—
Rev. José Rodriguez,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 June 2026
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Courtesy of Strand Hill Properties Manhattan Beach’s Strand is Southern California coastline at its most joyfully choreographed.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
Adverb
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But there were plenty of living famouses who were positively pestilent with Knicks fever.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
14 June 2026
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The exponential return on our positively performing company outweighs the losers.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
Adverb
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There's a joyously wacky energy to this broad comedy on the whole, giving Rudd an interesting arc to play.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
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The team joyously celebrated the end of their regular season with a pool party, taco bar and more soccer, a news release stated.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2026
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“Hopefully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hopefully. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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